PC Review: WorldShift

PC Review: WorldShift

Publisher: Got Game Price: $39.99 Genre: Action Real Time Strategy Verdict: Save your money – League of Legends is free right now and people are playing that. Pros: Awesome blending of the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres.  Runs well, and looks superb.  Action packed fun. Cons: Terrible sound design,...

Review: Raven Squad (360)

Review: Raven Squad (360)

Game: Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Danger Publisher/Developer: Evolved Games & South Peak Interactive / Atomic Motion Genre: First-Person Shooter / Real-Time Strategy Verdict: Interesting concept totally failed by lack of polish and terrible design Pros: Good idea that sometimes comes together thanks...

DS Review: Dawn of Discovery

DS Review: Dawn of Discovery

Publisher/Developer:Ubisoft/Keen Games Genre: RTS/Civilization Builder Price: $29.99 Verdict: Really enjoyable RTS/City builder game, especially for newcomers to the genre. Pros: Very simple to get to grips with and lasts a fair length of time. Cons:Few niggles that stop it from being a brilliant title. I...

Dawn of Discovery Wii Review: RTS for Humans

Dawn of Discovery Wii Review: RTS for Humans

Game: Dawn of Discovery Platform: Wii, PC, DS Publisher: Ubisoft Price: $29.99 Pros: Great learning system, high production values Cons: Some folks might find it too simple Yep, I’m gonna say it: I really dig this real time strategy (RTS) game for the Nintendo Wii. It’s simple, easy, and does...

Review: STORMRISE

Review: STORMRISE

Release: March 24th, 2009 Developer: Creative Assembly Publisher: SEGA Genre: Real Time Strategy Rating: Mature As I awake, I’m almost immediately rushed into battle. Who am I? Where did I come from? Who the hell are all of these people around me? These are questions that our hero Geary...

Stormrise Launch Trailer

Stormrise Launch Trailer

Far too long have RTS games been out of touch with the action at hand, always forcing gamers to play from a detached, far out view. But that’s all changing with SEGA’s latest release, Stormrise. Stormrise offers fans of the classic RTS genre an immersive and dramatic twist while promising to...

Ubisoft Announces New RTS Franchise

Ubisoft Announces New RTS Franchise

Today Ubisoft gave us a sneak peak into their latest project for the Xbox 360, an RTS entitled R.U.S.E.  The game is being developed by Eugen Systems and will be unveiled properly at the GDC tomorrow. R.U.S.E is being pushed as a “…one-of-a-kind real-time strategy game that allows players to...

Halo Wars Sells One Million

Halo Wars Sells One Million

Today Microsoft announced that, since Halo Wars’ release in Asia on February 26, it has sold one million copies worldwide.  This makes it the best selling Real Time Strategy game on any current generation console. For those of you who have missed this Xbox 360 exclusive, Halo Wars is set 20 years...

You Wear the Crown in Little King’s Story

You Wear the Crown in Little King’s Story

At one time or another we have all wished we were king of the world.  On April 24th, Rising Star Games is giving us that opportunity.  In Little King’s Story we are introduced to a wide variety of characters including Corobo Bred, a shy boy who becomes the King of Alpoko.  He is named king after...

Review: Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II (PC)

Review: Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II (PC)

Release: Feb 20 2008 Developer: Relic Entertainment Publisher: THQ Genre: Real-Time Strategy, Role-Playing Game Resident ne’er-do-well Dave Barlow and ARandomGamer’s Ross Polly team up for a mammoth review of Relic/THQ’s latest offering in the Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War series. Will their...